Lawn Fawn - Build a Vivarium

 Hey there,

A few weeks ago I created this card, it was inspired by some lovely penguins wandering around the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. And after I finished that card, I knew that I wanted to use the Build An Aquarium die set again to create vivariums.

So I started by stamping all my images on white cardstock using jet black ink, I used the coordinating dies to cut them all and colored everything using my alcohol markers.

When the coloring was done, I cut a slimline panel out of vanilla cardstock. I masked a thin strip at the bottom using washi tape, that strip will be the floor, I taped the brick stencil on top of the paper and used walnut stain distress ink to create a nice wall all over the panel.

Once the ink was dry, I moved the washi tape to create a very simple floor using antique linen distress ink.

Next I moved on to the vivariums. I started bu cutting the frames out of chocolate bar cardstock and the tops and bottoms out of paper bag cardstock. And because I wanted all the elements to match, I added a little bit of walnut stain distress ink on the top and bottom pieces.

I created the backgrounds of my vivariums. I first traced the shape of the aquarium die on white cardstock, three times, and used distress inks to color those three elements: evergreen bough and lucky clover.

I white heat embossed my sentiment on two strips and I also cut the frame three times out of a thick cardstock to create dimension. I applied doubled sided tape at the back of those thick frames and assembled the vivariums.

I started by attaching a thick frame on a green background. Next I applied liquid glue at the back of a chocolate bar frame and stuck on top of the thick frame. On the left and right sides, I also glued a thin strip, and finally I attached the top and bottoms strips using liquid glue again. I assembled the two other vivariums and finally I stuck those three elements on my brick slimline panel.

And to ground those little scenes, I cut three hill borders. I colored them using gathered twigs and ground espresso distress inks and attached them at the bottom of each vivarium.

Next I filled up the three vivariums with the images using glue dots mostly, but also a little bit of liquid glue and a few foam squares at some places. Once everything was attached, I added white highlights on the images to make them pop and stuck my panel on a ground coffee card base.

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LAWN FAWN SUPPLIES

• Stamp sets - Crazy antics - Dandy day - Critters in the jungle - A bug deal - Butterfly kisses - Open me - Critters down under - Harold's ABCs - Christmas fishes - Offset sayings: birthday - Bugs and kisses - Swan soirée • Die sets - Build an aquarium - Stitched hillside borders - Large slimline • Misc. - Brick stencil - Jet black ink - Glue tube - Double sided tape - Clear embossing ink - White embossing powder • Cardstock - Vanilla malt - Paper bag - Chocolate bar - Ground coffee

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir markers - Distress inks: walnut stain, antique linen, evergreen bough, lucky clover, gathered twigs, ground espresso - Sakura white gel pen - 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock - Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock